Folding chair and cane



(No Model.) I

J. H. HORTMAN.

V FOLDING CHAIR AND GANE.

No. 585,207. Patented June 29,1897.

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UNITED STATES FFIQE.

' ATENT FOLDING CHAIR AND CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,207, dated June 29, 1897;

Application filed January 25, 1897. Serial No. 620,715. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. HORTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphiafitate of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Improvement in a Combined Folding Chair and Cane, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invent-ion consists of a folding chair whose back is a continuity of one of the legs thereof, the parts being so adapted that they may be folded and carried after the manner of a cane or walking-stick, the construction being hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims that follow the specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a combined chair and cane embodying my invention, the parts being in position for seating. Fig. 2 represents a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a rear view, the parts being folded. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of a portion on an enlarged scale, showing the manner of securing the border of the seat to the back of the chair.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A, B, and O designate legs of a chair, 0'' the seat, and D the back.

The leg A is triangular in cross-section and has the legs B and O pivoted thereto on two of the faces thereof, as at E and F, each leg being parallel with the respective face of the leg A on which it is mounted.

The back D is an extension of the leg A above the seat 0 and presents a flat face to the front for thesupport of the relative portion of the occupant of the chair.

The seat 0 is formed of pliable or flexible material, in the present case of netting or other fabric, the same being attached to the marginal rope or cord G, which is passed through the top of the legs B and O and has its ends inserted in the top of the leg A or bottom of the back D, and said ends are secured in position by nails, tacks, screws, pins, or other devices, as at II.

On the faces of the leg A on which the legs B and O are mounted are studs or projections K, which are so disposed that when said legs B and O are folded they abut against said studs or projections K as stops, thus limiting the folding motion of said legs B and O and preventing them from passing beyond said leg A.

Connected with the back D is the loop L for convenience of carrying the device.

The operation is as follows: The legs B and O are unfolded or spread out, whereby they form, in connection with the leg A, a tripod by which the chair may be nicely sustained, it being noticed that the seat 0 is properly distended by the flaring action of the upper ends of said legs and that when a weight is superimposed upon the seat the parts are held in operative position, as shown in Fig. 1, the legs B and C also abutting, whereby they are braced one on the other, whereby a strong, convenient, simple, and comfortable portable chair is produced.

WVhen service of the chair is not required, the legs B and O are folded on the leg A and the seat 0 is gathered, the parts assuming the position seen in Fig. 3, and the device may be carried by the back D after the manner of a cane or suspended from the hand or arm of the carrier by means of the loop L.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined chair and cane consisting of the pivotally-connected legs A, B, O, the legs Abeing angular in cross-section, and extending above the legs B and O, as the back of the chair, the flexible-seat frame G passing through said legs B, O, A, and secured to one of said legs, and stops K on the leg A for the abutment of the legs B, 0, when the legs are folded.

2. In a combined chair and cane, the folding legs A, B, O, the leg A being angular, and the legs B, O, pivoted on different sides thereof, in combination with the flexible-seat frame G and the flexible seat 0 connected with said frame, said frame G passing through the legs B, O, and having its ends inserted in opposite directions in the leg A and rigidly secured therein.

3. A combined chair and cane, consisting of the pivotally-connected legs A, B, and O, the leg A being angular in cross-section, and extending above the legs B and C, said extension forming the back of the chair, and the pivotal point of one leg being below that of the other leg, a flexible-seat frame freely passing through openings in the two shorter legs and having its ends connected to the longer leg in openings therein, a flexible seat 0011- nected with the said frame, and pins 011 the lower end of the longer leg forming stops for the shorter legs.

JOHN II. IIORTMAN. \Vituesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsI-IEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM. 

